Blue Whale

These lifelike animals add an element of realism to imaginary play spaces. Through engaging spaces, children are able to explore a variety of animal environments.

The animals will encourage children’s understanding of animal names, temperaments and their natural habitat.  The inclusion of natural elements such as grasses, logs and soils will inspire children’s explorations and imaginative role play.

About Blue Whales
The Blue Whale is the largest animal that ever lived on the planet. They can reach 30 metres in length and 150 tonnes in weight.

Blue whales evolved from hippopotamuses. They developed streamlined shape (responsible for their graceful movement through the water), transformed their front limbs into fins, reduced their hind legs and developed a strong and wide tail.

Despite its' huge size, it eats one of the smallest animals on the planet - krill (shrimp-like invertebrates).
Blue whales are filter-feeders. They swallow huge amount of water with krill and filter the food from the water. Instead of teeth, they have keratinous (human nails and hair are made of the same material) plates, called "baleen", which act like a comb, which releases swallowed water and keeps the krill inside the mouth. The Blue Whale eats 4 to 6 tonnes of krill every day.

The Blue Whale breathes using its' lungs. It has a huge nostril on the top of its' head through which it exhales. Exhaled air, which looks like a fountain, can reach the height of 9 metres.

Blue whales are the loudest animals on the planet. Their songs can be heard a long way away, because their call has 190 decibels.

Blue whales communicate via songs. They are solitary creatures which gather during breeding season. Scientists believe that whales can hear songs even if they are 1600km away from each other. Blue whales produce sounds for echo-location also (they navigate through the water by listening to the the sound which bounces off from the objects in front of them).

Besides humans, the only predators of Blue Whales are Killer Whales / Orcas and Great White Sharks.

Female gives birth to one baby after one year of pregnancy. The baby weighs 3 tonnes and reaches 7 metres in length.

The Blue Whale can live between 80 and 90 years in the wild.

Suitable for ages 3+ years

Dimensions
26 x 11 x 4 cm